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North America General Review Flashcards

1
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Name the nested AVAs of Columbia Valley; what 3 AVAs are in Washington but not part of Columbia Valley?

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  • Yakima Valley
  • Red Mountain
  • Snipes Mountain
  • Rattlesnake Hills
  • Walla Walla,
  • Horse Heaven Hills
  • Rocks of Milton Freewater
  • Ancient Lakes
  • Naches Heights
  • Wahluke Slope

3 AVAs not in Columbia Valley: Columbia Gorge, Puget Sound, Lewis-Clark Valley

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What are the two mitigating factors of Western Washington?

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Proximity to the Pacific, the inland sea called Puget Sound

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What producer in Washington has joint ventures with Antinori and Ernst Loosen?

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Chateau Ste Michelle (Antinori collab is Col Solare, Dr Loosen is Eroica Riesling)

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List three reasons phylloxera is virtually unheard of in Washington?

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Sandy soils, vineyards are far apart from each other, severe winters

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5
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What are the sub-appellations of Niagara Escarpment?

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Short Hills Bench, 20-mile Bench, Beamsville Bench

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What mountain range runs along the eastern side of Walla Walla Valley?

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The Blue Mountains

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What are 4 AVAs Washington shares with another state?

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Walla Walla, Columbia Valley, Columbia Gorge (Oregon) and Lewis-Clark Valley (Idaho)

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What is the Niagara Crossing?

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Concord x Cassidy

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Who was the first to plant Pinot Noir in Oregon?

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Richard Sommer in 1961 in Umpqua Valley, David Lett and Charles Courey were 4 years later

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What is the percentage of grape required for a Pinot Noir or Pinot Gris from Oregon?

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90%

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What are the nested AVAs of Yakima Valley?

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Snipes Mountain, Rattlesnake Hills, and Red Mountain

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What is the soil type in Rocks of Milton-Freewater?

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It features a topsoil of basalt cobblestones, which are often favorably compared to the galets of CdP

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What is the Van Duzer Corridor? Which AVAs does it impact most and what style of wine does it warrant?

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A gap in the Coastal Mountains that separates the valley from the ocean, directly impacts McMinnville and Eola-Amity Hills, generating more tannic Pinot Noir

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What is the Yakima Fold Belt?

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An area of south-central Washington where the low-lying topography of the Columbia Basin is striated by east-west ridgelines; these can rise to 4,000 feet while the valley floors between them rarely exceed 1,000 feet.

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What is dual-trunk training? How does it help mitigate extreme cold?

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It’s two separate trunks on the same vine in parallel, just an inch or two apart, from the ground. One trunk may get damaged, but not both.

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16
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What 2 major geologic forces have shaped the bedrock material throughout the Columbia Basin?

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A bunch of volcanoes during the Miocene Epoch (millions of years ago), more recently the Missoula Floods

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17
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What are Washington’s two most planted varieties?

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Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot

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What is the warmest and driest growing region west of the Cascades in Oregon?

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Applegate Valley AVA

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What style of wine comes from Red Mountain AVA?

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Noteworthy, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon

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What is America’s largest demarcated wine region?

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Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA

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21
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What is the river that runs through the Willamette Valley?

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Columbia River

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22
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What is Laurelwood? Where is it found?

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A Windblown loess soil that predates the last ice age and are often intermixed with basalt-driven soils marine sediments rather than the more fertile flood sediments. Chehalem Mountains.

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23
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Cayuse is responsible for the creation of what AVA? Which AVA is it nested within?

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Rocks of Milton Freewater, in Walla Walla, WA

24
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Where is Eagle Foothills AVA? When was it established?

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Sub-AVA of Snake River Valley in Idaho, 2015

25
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What states does the Upper Mississippi River Valley cover?

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MN, WI, IA, IL

26
Q

What are the 4 winemaking provinces of Canada?

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British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec

27
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What is the min RS for icewine from Ontario?

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100g/l

28
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What state is the Lehigh Valley AVA in?

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Pennsylvania

29
Q

Horton, Barboursville and Trump wineries lie in which Virginia AVA?

A

Monticello AVA

30
Q

Name 3 Texas AVAs

A

Texas Hill Country (Bell Mountain, Fredericksburg), Texas Davis Mountains, Escondido Valley, Texoma, Texas High Plains

31
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Is chaptalization required by VQA standards?

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Yes, but not in late harvest or icewine styles

32
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What was the American Winegrowers Project, what is it known as today>

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Conglomeration of Puget Sound fruit wineries, post-prohibition switched to vinifera varieties, now known as Chateau Ste. Michelle

33
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Sagemore, Dionysus, Weinbau, and Bacchus are sites within what vineyard? Which site is located within an AVA, and which AVA?

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Sagemoor Vineyards, Weinbau is located within Wahluke Slope AVA

34
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Where is Red Willow vineyard?

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Yakima Valley AVA

35
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Where is Champoux vineyard?

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Horse Heaven Hills AVA

36
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Where are the Celilo and Atavus vineyards?

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Columbia Gorge AVA

37
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Where is Shea Vineyard?

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Yamhill-Carlton District

38
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Where is Eyrie vineyard?

A

Dundee Hills AVA

39
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What is Oregon’s oldest winery?

A

Hillcrest Vineyards

40
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What decade were most Willamette Valley sub-AVAs introduced?

A

2000s

41
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Which 3 sub-appellations of Niagara Peninsula are not contained within a regional appellation?

A

Vinemount Ridge, Lincoln Lakeshore, Creek Shores

42
Q

The Niagara Escarpment is an appellation in which countries?

A

Canada and the States

43
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What are the two island GIs of British Columbia?

A

Vancouver Island and Gulf Island

44
Q

When must the words “contains sulfites” appear on a label?

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When it contains more than 10ppm of SO2

45
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Of a vitis Lambrusca wine, what is the minimum percentage of grapes needed from the stated vintage?

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51%

46
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If a wine is labeled with an AVA and vintage, what is the minimum percentage of grapes needed from the stated vintage?

A

95%

47
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The Okanagan Valley is located between what two mountain ranges?

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Cascades and Monashee Mountains

48
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Where is the oldest winery in the Americas located?

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Coahuila, Mexico

49
Q

What is Vin de Cure?

A

A dried grape semi-sweet wine from Canada

50
Q

What Oregon Pinot Noir put Willamette Valley on the map?

A

1975 Lett’s “South Block Reserve”

51
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What are the 6 sub-AVAs of Willamette?

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Dundee Hills, Eola-Amity Hills, McMinnville, Ribbon Ridge, Chehalem Mountain, Yamhill-Carlton District

52
Q

What’s the difference between Willakenzie soils and Jory soils?

A

Willakenzie makes wines that are darker with more dense fruit, Jory makes more elegant wine

53
Q

What Idaho AVA has one vineyard planted on the Oregon side?

A

Snake River Valley

54
Q

What state outside of California is known for good renditions of sparkling wine?

A

New Mexico

55
Q

What is the only French hybrid allowed for VQA icewine?

A

Vidal

56
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If a VQA wine has a vintage listed, what % of grapes must come from that year?

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85%

57
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What is the most developed region in British Columbia?

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Okanagan Valley

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